That gloss is basically correct. We are returning to a post-literate society where the simplest slogan wins.
Politics
Instinct Stink
Trump’s political instincts in halting immigration from all Islamic countries during his first term were absolutely correct. Unfortunately, as is often the case with Trump, the implementation was bad. But the goal was right and good.
You Ran
Declaring that America “lost” because a dude you don’t like is in political power is pretty weak and pitiful, as well as intellectually bankrupt.
The US achieved its objectives in the Iran war. Israel achieved some of theirs (which were not the same as the US goals). This is and would be true no matter who is president.
Chinese Characteristics
Essentially correct. Canada is a loosely-held satrapy of the CCP, with its politics mostly under Chinese control. The Chinese attempted this in the US, but we resisted more and had more barriers to this sort of soft takeover.
Canada had little immune system and now they are another Chinese province de facto.
Leave NATO
Previously, I was mildly against the US withdrawing from NATO. Now, I think the US should exit the alliance posthaste.
Mainly this has to do with the Europeans not allowing us to use our own bases in their countries for actions that would benefit them more than they would us. But also, it developed further after seeing the disdain they expressed over our rescuing our aviator and preventing his capture by IRGC thugs.
Meanwhile, the Europoors have allowed feral third worlders to exert increasing control of their societies, assaulting and raping at will, while doing nothing to prevent this. Hell, they even welcome and promote this dystopia, and seem perfectly willing to sacrifice their women and girls to hordes of Islamic migrants for “equity.”
So, yes, the US should leave NATO. Let Europe sink or swim. They’ll sink, of course. It’s already set.
The only drawback is when Russia takes most of Europe, it’ll be worse for us. But maybe we should just let that happen regardless.
Tears of Tiers
I think this is largely correct. As for me, I am on the side of whoever does not condone rape gangs, does not support burqas, does not believe people like Iryna Zarutska being murdered is an example of social justice, and who would not join Hamas if given the chance1.
I’m willing to fight beside people who support progress, who are not degrowthers, and who believe we should be out in space doing cool space stuff. If that is fight is political or me with a big-ass sniper rifle, I can roll both ways.
That’s what side I’m on. I don’t care about labels. I care about the work and protecting civilization.
Get Out
I am 100% in support of every illegal alien being immediately deported.
That’s the bare minimum. I don’t approve of ICE’s methods, but the end goal is fine; it’s exactly what any place that calls itself a “nation” should be doing.
Mega Mecha
Exactly. I do not and would not care if everyone thought I was mega-MechaHitler Stalin III if something I did resulted in us becoming a multi-planetary species with active eugenics and some notion of real progress.
Lord, I just don’t give a crap. Think what you want while I do what I will.
Election Defection
The one hope is that unproductive culture- and work-hostile parasitic immigrants become such a high tax burden on regular citizens that it leads to a revolt in those countries most likely to be Islamicized in Western Europe.
It’s only a small hope, though. Westerners with their suicidal empathy would not have the stomach for the rough task of forced remigration, and would not allow people who have the guts to make it happen actually undertake it. It’d be a terribly ugly and violent business — though necessary — to force millions into boats or planes and then deposit them in Morocco, Pakistan, or wherever they will not engage in gang rapes, assault, general mayhem and fraud against anyone we care about.
So Western Europe is doomed, and will fall.
Paradox of Tolerance
That’s right. At some point, you have to choose what you embrace and protect and what you disallow and defend against. “Progressive” ideals do not work when one side is intent on destroying you and will use any means to do so. Allowing prog suicidal empathy to metastasize where their own destruction seems a good outcome to them was a mistake. Now, we might be too late to prevent the worst; most of Western Europe has already fallen de facto.
Perhaps the US can be saved. Perhaps not. But recognizing the problem is a first step at trying.
Boomer Socialism
Correct. Basically everything is set up either to directly benefit Boomers or to not inconvenience them. And it is somehow getting worse, even as they age and die off, and not better.
Flip Flap
That’s what I meant in my other post about how the contemporary left in many realms is now what used to be called “conservative.”
Very strange to see, because I came up with a much different version of progressivism.
Realities
Some of this about conservatives is true, sure, but it is equally accurate to say that if some roving vagrant stabbed Alysa Liu or someone just like her to death on a bus, many, many “progressives” would have more kind words and empathy for the killer than for the young woman murdered.
Especially if the killer were a “person of color.”
We saw that with Iryna Zarutska, who was by any measure the perfect immigrant: productive, refugee from an actual war, not a burden on taxpayers, attractive and bettering herself and our country every day. She was worth a million Decarlos Browns. If idiot clown-ass progressives can’t support that kind of immigrant over a failure of a human like Brown, I got nothing for them.
So Jessica Valenti can rant and rave all she wants about how conservatives want to hold women down (and, to be fair, many of them do!), but she’s one of the people who would be (and has) held people like Decarlos Brown up as an exemplar over someone like Iryna Zarustka.
I guess one thing we can all agree on is that Alysa Liu’s free skate routine is one of the most beautiful things we’ve seen in our lives (certainly it was for me), and that this is one of the best Olympics photos ever taken.
Ineffectual
Obama was a terrible president who screwed up anything he touched — except for making a boatload of money right after he left office. That he excelled at, because it was his real goal anyway.
No Way To
Agreed that slave morality ain’t no way to live. And those groups definitely would do worse things.